WHEN YOU ARE VERY TIRED, RUN FASTER

May 18th, 2006

by Owen Adnderson

Partial Article (Running Research News 22.1)

One of the key, defining moments in running is that point during a race at
which we suddenly feel an intense urge to back off the pace, to slow down in
order to ease the discomfort we are feeling. It is very easy to give in to this
impulse, to let the feelings of fatigue stall our efforts.

The most-successful runners generally have very effective ways of dealing
with fatigue during races.

From overtraining syndrome to omega-3, IU research

Psychological clues to athletic overtraining syndrome.

Competitive athletes who undergo hard training can become their own most
formidable opponent when mood disturbances such as clinical depression -- caused
by an intensive training regimen -- bring their competition and training to a
halt for weeks or months. Coaches and exercise scientists have known for decades
about overtraining syndrome -- also called staleness syndrome -- but have yet to
discover a way to detect the condition early on when treatment is simpler.

Altitude attitude includes training

May 30, 2006

JACKIE MIRON

As runners participate in greater numbers in races all over the country and
even the world, the issue of altitude is more in the forefront. Runners from
low-lying areas desire to travel to races in mountainous locales - involving
high-altitude trekking or hiking - or to run in varying climates.

Here are some basic things to know about approaching changes in altitude and
weather.

VO2max measures oxygen efficiency

By Linda Buch

May 7, 2006

Q: My niece, a fitness trainer, told me to have the VO2 Max test done so that
when I work out I am working at the level that gives me the most benefit for fat
burning. She also suggested visits with a nutritionist.

Exercise withdrawal can cause depression

My 24 2006

People who exercise regularly start feeling depressed and fatigued after just
one week of forced inactivity, a new study shows.

Those who were in the best shape experienced the greatest loss in fitness
when they stopped exercising, and also showed the worst negative mood symptoms.

Ali A. Berlin of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in
Bethesda, Maryland says she is not sure that the results would apply to a person
who was skipping workouts of their own accord, perhaps to do something fun.
"I think future research is needed to really answer that question."

MP3 RUNNING OFFERS MOTIVATIONAL RUNNING TRACKS

DATE: 24-MAY-2006

Out of the Olympic Capital of the world comes a brand new training experience
for athletes, runners or joggers: MP3 Running. Designed to improve mental and
physical power in the same training session MP3 Running sets new standards for
quality training.

Training can be tough, and when the going gets tough ? the inner voice kicks
in saying: 'You can stop any time.' And that's where athletic careers come to a
sudden end before they even started. How many people do you know with
motivational difficulties? They would like to work out, but can't seem to find
the strength to keep up their efforts. We can change that.

Runners promote jogging backward

By DANIEL YEE

May 25, 2006

Timothy "Bud" Badyna has broken world records. He ran a marathon in
under four hours. He finished a 10K race in 45 minutes.

Wait a minute, you say, that's not so fast.

Right. But Badyna set those records running backward.

Badyna, dubbed "Backwards Bud" by fellow runners, holds the
Guinness World Record for fastest backward run in a 200-meter race (32.78
seconds), set in 2001. In the early 1990s, he held the record for backward
marathon (3 hours, 53 minutes) and 10K (45 minutes, 37 seconds).

Those records have since been broken. So the 39-year-old hospital nurse from
St. Simon's Island isn't the only one who turns his back on traditional running.
About 500 people in the United States - more in Europe - walk or run backward.
Experts say it burns a fifth more calories than traditional jogging.